CORONADO Magazine - July 2024

CORONADO MAGAZINE

JOHN DUNCAN FOR MAYOR

I believe Coronado's Mayor should be a proactive leader that moves our city forward while staying true to our community's character and values.”

-John Duncan

John's Vision

for Coronado

I will focus on fulfilling the core responsibilities of local government so Coronado continues to be a community families want to call "home."

John's Priorities

Fight to finally resolve the Tijuana sewage crisis.

Hold SANDAG accountable to ensure that Coronado is treated fairly.

Properly manage City finances and ensure responsible spending.

Neighbourhood French Bistrot

L’Orangerie, Cafe on Orange, where culinary excellence meets community at the french inspired neighborhood bistro. Born and raised in France, Chef Philippe brings Parisian authenticity to Coronado. We are committed to quality ingredients, impeccable service, and inviting atmosphere.

The Anonymous Spectator

“If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s Life”

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Coronado Island excels at classic Americana

Marilyn at the Marina

Join our modern day Marilyn on the water

Some Like It Red Hot!

Experience a magical Marilyn experience on Coronado!

Make your red, white and blue celebration green

Emerald Keepers is proud to partner with the Coronado Fourth of July Committee

The 4th is quickly approaching! Are you prepared?

Raise a glass as we celebrate the place we call home

Island Icon: Bill Hiscock

The gentleman in the white pith helmet who saved the green

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The beginning of the American

Paul Revere’s Midnight RIde to Lexington and Concord

What’s In Season? Berries!

It’s time to revel in the burst of flavor that the berry season brings!

How you can prepare yourself so you won’t have to depend on grown

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What people are

Everybody loves a party … and there’s nothing quite like the party that is the Coronado Fourth of July Parade!

The Coronado Magazine brings you the official program for this special event. Find all your parade information here, and learn a little bit about the history, and unique moments, that have all made Coronado the place to be to celebrate America’s Independence Day.

It takes a community of volunteers and multitudes of special relationships to make an event like this happen year-after-year. The Coronado Fourth of July, marking 75 years of community service, works throughout the year to make this event happen, and we are all the beneficiaries - be sure to thank volunteer, and maybe think about lending a helping hand in the years to come.

For many people, this is their favorite day the year, and we are honored to be a part of it. Music will fill the air, fireworks will light up the night, and this community will come together to celebrate the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Happy Birthday America …

… and Thank You to the Coronado Fourth of July, for making this the can’t-miss party of the year.

About the cover: Liberty and Knowledge to Prevail is a watercolor created by Coronado artist Sara Rowe (1933-2011). The 4th of July parade passes in front of the Coronado Public Library in this scene painted for the cover of the 2003 Coronado telephone book. Gift of Sara Rowe in 2005 to the Coronado Public Art Collection. Original is in the Coronado Public Library, Spreckels Reading Room.

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History On Parade

The 1950s were a different time, to be sure. It would be difficult to find a parade crowd in our time as sedate and patient as this group of spectators, seated in front of the old Marco’s Restaurant, now the home of the Coronado Historical Association. Notice those sitting on the upstairs window sill.

Photo by Tommy Lark (Coronado Public Library)

Coronado’s first July Fourth Parade took place in 1888. Coinciding with the parade, the Coronado Beach horse racetrack opened that day as well. The Belt Line Railroad had just been completed around the Silver Strand. The Hotel del Coronado was very close to completion and a roundhouse was being constructed at the Ferry Landing at the foot of Orange Avenue to accommodate train engines, rail cars and trolleys.

Orange Avenue received its name from the rows of orange trees planted down the median strip. They were replaced with palm trees not long after because indigenous rodents found them less appetizing than the orange trees.

There was a hump, a hill, between Third and Fourth Streets that eventually had to be leveled so steam locomotives overloaded with ferryboat passengers could make the grade headed south.

Today you can still see the earthen cliffs on either side of Orange with condos and homes sitting high above the main street. This was to become our parade runway, running the length of Orange Avenue.

That first July Fourth Parade featured the Goddess of Liberty on a horse-drawn float of 38 women, starring postal clerk Miss Clara Hill as the “Goddess.”

The Coronado Natural History Museum (located just south of the Hotel Del) provided horse-drawn floats featuring a taxidermist’s nightmare – a full sized rhinoceros and lion. The museum, which also had an enormous stuffed sea turtle hanging over the entrance, went out of business within two years.

It was estimated that 11,000 people turned out for that inaugural parade. A contingent of 400 arrived by train from Los Angeles. The rest came, for the most part, by ferryboat – the 100-foot paddle wheeler, Coronado.

As the only ferry in operation at that early point in Coronado’s transportation history (two others, Silver Gate and Benecia, would arrive before year’s end), the Coronado carried 13 horse teams and more than 600 people on her wooden decks. She ran non-stop until 11 p.m. that night. She cost $15,000 to build and was worth every penny of that investment.

Today, more than 100,000 people attend the Coronado July Fourth Parade. Over the decades there have been a number of parade memories probably best left forgotten – spooked horses, drunken drivers (and politicians), streakers, kids playing pranks.

Late in the afternoon of July Fourth, 1888, the Hotel Del put on a twilight pyrotechnic display on the grounds. The agenda of fireworks included prismatic lights, blazing sun, caprice wheel and Roman candles.

By JOE DITLER, FOR CORONADO FOURTH OF JULY

An errant spark, however, dropped into one of the boxes and set off everything at once. Horses became frightened and bolted through the streets. People scrambled from the grounds and ran screaming in every direction. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

In 1896, celebrated architect Irving J. Gill was chairman of the Committee on Floats for the July Fourth parade.

In 1938, Central Drug Store advertised fireworks for sale. In those days it was legal to set them off anywhere in town, and selections offered included Ro-

man candles, sparklers and pinwheels.

“Teenage Tommyrot,” as the newspapers called them, would purchase dynamite blasting caps over the counter at the local drug store, and attempt to blow the trolley off the tracks … just for fun (some succeeded).

In 1965, 55,000 people lined Orange Avenue to see the July Fourth parade, touted as “Coronado’s 18th Annual.” Apparently, the parade was only held sporadically in the early years.

In 1998, the July Fourth Parade Committee celebrated the 50th anniversary of

the parade as an annual event. John Laing had been the parade chairman since 1970. His father, Al Laing, had been parade announcer for 40 years and was well remembered by locals for his beautiful tenor voice and dedication to community.

In 1998, the Lone Ranger’s horse “Silver” got loose. Officials chased him all over Spreckels Park before capturing the famous white stallion.

Another time a baby elephant ran through the front yard of someone’s house in the staging area. Prior to the

There are so very many aspects to a parade. Coronado is no exception. There are bands, antique autos, clowns, veterans, police and firemen, politicians, service groups, etc. This rare photo captures the heartthrob rock band of Coronado High School, Class of 1969, the West Coast Iron Works. In an era when rock and roll ruled the airways, WCIW became a local legend winning the county-wide KGB Battle of the Bands. They continue to perform today on special occasions. From left, Bob Mansueto, Dave Vaughan, Gary Maltby, John Chambers, Gary Carter and Richie Heinz.

Photo by Tommy Lark (Coronado Public Library).

By JOE DITLER, FOR CORONADO FOURTH OF JULY

Meet Me on the median ...

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It’s The Best Seat In The House

The Coronado median strip. It runs 12 blocks by 18 feet. It was once lined with orange trees, hence the name, Orange Avenue. The rats, however, found them too delicious, and the pest-ravaged young orange trees were soon replaced with more durable palm trees.

Now, on July Fourth weekend, the median strip is filled with tens of thousands of locals and visitors, eager to see the parade and celebrate the Fourth of July. Every year locals predict the island will sink under all that weight.

The Coronado Railroad began operations in 1888, and ended in 1971. For most of that 83-year reign of trains and trolleys, railroad tracks filled the median strip, connecting the north and south ends of the island. They chugged and labored daily, moving people from the Ferry Landing to the Hotel del Coronado and Tent City, and then back again.

The first Coronado Independence Day Parade took place in 1888. The Belt Line Railroad had just been completed around the Silver Strand. The Hotel Del was very close to completion and a roundhouse was being constructed at the Ferry Landing at the foot of Orange Avenue to accommodate train engines, rail cars and trolleys. Today that’s called Centennial Park.

Huge crowds turned out for that inaugural parade. A contingent of 400 arrived by train from Los Angeles. The rest came, for the most part, by ferryboat.

Even that first year in 1888, 11,000 people attended. In subsequent years, Coronado has become the place to go for July Fourth celebrations, often involving 100,000 people or more. Soon, local families began camping on the median strip overnight to secure prime viewing platforms for the parade the following morning.

Growing up in Coronado in the

1960s it was something everyone did at least once. For some, sleep was evasive, as cars roared down Orange Avenue, particularly after the bars closed.

Keep in mind that in the 1960s, Coronado sold more alcohol per capita than any other city in the United States. All those drinkers had to drive home when the bars closed, and Orange Avenue was their main route.

And yet, family traditions were built around such things as sleepovers on the median strip. One could drive down the island’s main street and see children throwing the Frisbee or tossing a baseball in the waning hours of daylight.

Then, at night, sleeping bags dotted the landscape, filled with hearty residents and very young children. Usually the children slept while a parent stood watch.

In years past, however, we’ve seen everything from picnic benches to fullsized mattresses dotting the landscape of the median strip as “squatters” temporar-

ily claimed their turf. And, of course, over the years, we’ve also seen the occasional party or two, and sometimes they got a little out of hand.

In 1996 a writer in the Coronado Journal described his impression of paradegoers and what they will do to secure a ringside seat. “People were scattered throughout portions of the Orange Avenue median. Blankets were spread and sleeping bags were out.” He described the scene as, “… a state of bliss.”

He went on to portray how many people live for the time when they can sleep on the median and have a good time waiting for, “this awesome oncea-year event.” He described the median campers as being in the thousands, and wrote it off as, “parade frenzy.”

Still, as the saying goes, “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.”

One man wrote a letter to the editor of the Coronado Eagle in 1998 bemoaning how we had lost our little town to paradegoers. He wrote, “There were people sleeping on the Orange Avenue median. There were loud, drunken, all-night parties. Traffic was gridlocked. People, both men and women, were exposing flesh that shouldn’t be exposed.”

Later that year, in response to concerns from the Coronado Police Department, the city passed an amended ordinance prohibiting campers from sleeping on the median strip, effectively ending a July Fourth ritual that had been enjoyed since the dawn of civilized Coronado time.

On September 1, 1998, the City Council voted to restrict the use of Orange Avenue center median until 5 a.m. on July 4, and to close Glorietta Bay Park (the old Ferry Landing) from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on July 4.

A police officer termed the median strip not safe from a public safety position. One resident stood up and said this pre-parade tradition “has turned into a beer bash through the night.”

It’s been so long since sleeping on the median was allowed, it took some doing to find people with memories of those pre-parade nights. Some were gathered in a research piece that was begun 15 years ago, but few of those interviewed remembered (or were willing to admit to) the party atmosphere described above.

Mike O’Connor remembered it being part of his family’s tradition. “We did it for years,” he said. “We camped out on the median in shifts. It was a blast.”

Julie Erwin recalled such memories with mixed blessings. “I spent the night out there with my children one year. Honestly, I was very concerned about a drunk driver running up on the grass and hurting people.” She recalled a family member telling stories about how many palm trees he took out with his car along Orange Avenue while drinking and driving.

Another woman described fond memories of staking out their place on the median and becoming best friends for the day with the folks around her.

Ky Winchester and her friends camped out across from Kippy’s and Central Drug (1100 block of Orange Avenue). “That was our high school yak spot,” she said.

Katy Roberson described setting up a dummy to hold their place on the median. “It was more like a basketball with a hat on it and some rolled up towels jammed down in a sleeping bag that just happened to look fairly realistic.” When the Roberson family arrived in the morning they discovered a homeless-looking person sitting in their chair and talking to the dummy.

Nowadays, the law is specific on overnight median strip use, and that of Centennial Park:

“The Orange Avenue medians will open at 5 a.m. on July 4. There is no camping or staking out. People on the median prior to 5 a.m. will be asked to leave and subject to a citation.

“Items left unattended on the center median will be removed and taken to the Coronado Public Services building, located at 101 B Avenue, where they can be claimed on July 5, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Items not claimed by 2 p.m. on July 5, will be discarded.

“You may set up on the sidewalk side of Orange Avenue before 5 a.m.; however, you cannot leave items unattended or block public rights-of-way. There also is no loading or unloading of items or passengers while stopped in traffic lanes.”

The parade endures every year and masses of people continue to descend upon little Coronado to watch it. No longer does the median strip show favoritism to locals, but perhaps that’s a good thing as traffic grows faster and denser each year, and it was only a matter of time before someone was hurt.

Doomsayers aside, the island hasn’t sunk yet.

NAVY LEAP FROGS

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Join us in celebrating the Coronado Fourth of July as we proudly extend a warm welcome to the Navy Leap Frogs, who will be gracing our community on July 4th at 2pm, soaring over Glorietta Bay.

"The Leap Frogs" is the official parachute demonstration team of the United States Navy, representing the pinnacle of excellence. Comprised of active-duty Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC), and dedicated support

personnel, this elite team operates under the umbrella of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command, based out of NAB Coronado. Their esteemed reputation is acknowledged by the Department of Defense and duly recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration.

We invite you to be a part of this patriotic spectacle, as the Leap Frogs showcase their daring and bravado, returning to our skies once more on the Fourth of July. You can

choose to witness the awe-inspiring display from the 16th Fairway of the Coronado Golf Course, commencing at 1:30 p.m. Alternatively, you can enjoy the event from the comfort of your own home or find a prime viewing spot at various locations around Glorietta Bay and other parts of Coronado.

As you cast your gaze skyward, always bear in mind that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Memories of the Parade

The Marching Kazoo Band was unique in many ways. It began in 1971 with all members wearing red shirts. Practice sessions were held in Star Park, across from Jane and Pike Meade’s home, known today as “The Wizard of Oz House.” Jane had a marvelous way of pulling people together and creating something special. This was one of those examples. Photo courtesy Coronado Public Library (Jack & Nancy Lewis Collection).

By JOE DITLER, FOR CORONADO FOURTH OF JULY

Seventy thousand people lined Coronado’s Orange Avenue in 1972. It was the Annual July Fourth Parade – a tradition that had been carried out, on and off, since 1888, and had always involved a mass exodus of people from San Diego to our shores.

Standing, sitting and sleeping on the corner yards of First Street and D Avenue was a group of serape-clad teenagers with large sombreros – most coping with the residual effects of too much beer the night before.

It looked like a scene from a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. There is no evidence to confirm ownership of the empty tequila bottle sitting on the grass, but this group of rag-tag youth definitely understood how “’fiesta” led to “siesta.”

Dressed in white pants, white Mexican wedding shirts, colorful serapes, large sombreros, and huaraches soled with used Goodyear Tires, this mixed bag of long-haired youth seemed oblivious to the Sheriffs’ Department Mounted Division in front of them and the pungent mess their horses were creating.

Likewise, they seemed not to notice the Model T Club behind them, steam hissing out of their radiators in the late-morning heat. The thermometer registered 103 degrees and it wasn’t even 10 a.m. yet.

Suddenly the leader of this band of locals rose to his feet, adjusted his black cape and black stovepipe hat, raised his baton (which was a miniature rake) and roused his followers to their wobbly feet.

His name was Ed Galasyn, but he was later to change it legally to, “James Bond.” He lived in his VW bus, in a yard, under a big tree along Star Park Circle, and, while a bit eccentric (crazy), seemed harmless to those who knew him. But today Ed was the magnificent Major of the Chowder House Marching Kazoo Band.

The staging area was suddenly alive with movement. The Model T cars were testing their horns and revving their engines. The backfires caused nearby horses to restlessly jump out of rank, refusing to respond to commands by their riders. But the Marching Kazoo Band stood silently by, waiting for Ed to give the signal.

As they rounded the corner at First Street and Orange Avenue, the crowd that had assembled along both sides of Orange Avenue broke into

cheers. The parade announcer yelled, “And here they come … the Chowder House … Marching … Kazoooooooo Band.”

Ed raised his “baton,” and, on cue, the army of musical (hung-over) Mexican peasants elevated their kazoos and broke into “Spanish Flea,” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

The hair and dress regulations at Coronado High School had been lifted just two years prior. It’s amazing what two years without a barber can do to a young man’s appearance. It was a moment to remember, even if most of those who participated in the actual band are fuzzy today in recalling details.

We, and I include myself in this wayward but dedicated lot, had hair down to the middle of our backs. We were tan from the sun and fit from surfing dawn to dusk. We were young and invulnerable, and we were marching through the portal marking the beginning of our adult lives.

Cheering from the crowd was so deafening that even those who couldn’t carry a note in practice sounded pitch perfect as we then broke into another of our ten-song kazoo playlist. I don’t think we ever got past song number six that day.

As “Spanish Flea” ended, someone began to whisper back through the ranks, “Tijuana Taxi, Tijuana Taxi,” and we began our next song. The crowd seemed to get louder and louder as we marched. It was really quite the spectacle, and something none of us who were there will ever forget.

“I remember that first year very well,” said Jane Meade, former owner of the Chowder House Restaurant (now called Chez’ Loma).

“I called the guy running the parade and said I would like to have my kids’ marching band in the parade. He asked who they were and I told him they were all kids who had worked with me at the Chowder House - wonderful kids, from good Navy families.

“He was wary, he wasn’t sure. He knew they were a bunch of longhaired surfers. But he finally agreed to let us in. I remember word began to travel fast,” said Jane.

“We had a policeman come into the restaurant for lunch. A friend. He said he heard we were in the parade. He said he thought that would be the perfect opportunity to drop a big net over all the kids and haul them off to jail, since they were all

The Chowder House Marching Kazoo Band

The theme was “Olde Mexico” and the Chowder House Marching Kazoo Band took Coronado by

second annual parade entry for the group. The year was 1972. They took home First Place

in one place together. But he said it with a big smile.”

The year before, the first year, the band wore all red, white and blue, and played songs like “76 Trombones,” appropriate for the patriotic theme of the parade.

Practice sessions took place regularly in Star Park leading up to the event, but no one seemed to get better. “Left, right, left… NO, LEFT!,” was even confusing for us as a group.

“We won first place in the Comic Division,” said Jane. We got a huge trophy and treated all the kids to a barbeque in back of the Chowder House. What fun that was.”

The second year the Chowder House Marching Kazoo Band took on a Mexican theme and won first place again. For that second year, however, the band decided to take a chance, and incorporate a simple dance routine into the march.

When the band got in front of the

judges, they performed a little roundabout dance maneuver to the song, “Tequila.”

The maneuver never quite came together as a group effort, but the judges and the crowd loved it. By the third year the Marching Kazoo Band was more confident. Dancing took place in the ranks and everyone put on quite a show.

The theme that third year was “Bebop.” By now the ranks of the Chowder House Marching Kazoo band had swelled with little brothers and sisters and girlfriends. We took up half a city block.

Looking like a group of teenybopper/ Bobbysoxer high schoolers from the ‘50s, the group performed songs like “Chantilly Lace,” and other Bopper theme songs of the era. The boys all folded cigarette packs up in their T-shirt sleeves and slicked back their hair ala James Dean and just did their best to look cool.

“We didn’t win first place that year, and were plenty mad about that,” laughed Jane. “That was the year the Ocean Beach

Geriatric Surf Band made their first appearance and they really stole the show.”

Jane was the only adult to march in the Kazoo Band. She marched with her daughters Polly Harris, Susie and Katie Meade, sons Tommy and Joey Harris, and nieces Pam, Caroline and Bunnie Haines.

“I remember two sisters carried the flag that first year and went bra-less, which all the boys just loved,” said Jane. The rest of the band members mostly ranged from 13-19 years in age.

It was a different time and yet it was an important chapter in Coronado history. Each generation has its favorite parade floats, special viewing area, or particular memory. As all of these former Chowder House Marching Kazoo Band members - now doctors, attorneys, politicians, pilots, educators, professionals, parents and even grandparents - can attest to, it was their special rite of passage and is looked back upon with no shortage of fondness.

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in the Comic Division.

Photo by Esther Ditler

The Anonymous Spectator

By JOE DITLER, FOR CORONADO FOURTH OF JULY

As former football great Mike Ditka once said, “If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s Life.”

And yet, when you’ve been in Coronado’s Independence Day parade year after year, and then find yourself wandering aimlessly through the spectator crowd, well, it’s just not the same.

People ask me where I’m watching the parade from this year. I don’t have a good answer. As much as I love my country, as much of a flag waver as I am, as much as I love our little island, it’s just very difficult for me to sit on the sidelines and watch the parade these days.

For years I drove a Model T in the parade – either the 1923 Hotel Del laundry truck, or the 1924 Coronado Brewing Company beer truck. I marched in the Chowder House Marching Kazoo Band three years in a row, and rode with the Coronado Longboard Surf Club numerous times.

Working in the media all those years, I had a wonderful network of news media/friends. Every year I would solicit popular news anchors and weather forecasters as my co-pilot to add a little celebrity pixie dust to the parade. Those special guests have included TV journalist and historian Ken Kramer several times, and numerous news anchors and weather luminaries such as Dave Scott, Mike Castellucci, Brandi Williams and Leslie Lopez.

One year I drove alongside old Joe DiGangi, former NY Yankee from the days of the Bronx Bombers, but my favorite was the year I drove my young children.

When you’re driving a shiny, century old Model T in the parade, steam shooting from the radiator cap and “Awooga” screaming from the horn, you become absorbed in a special cone of attention. Nothing else exists for that hour as you slowly weave from side to side on Orange Avenue.

During that seemingly eternal hour, thousands of people line the streets on either side, yelling your name, screaming and cheering. Men come out and shake your hand and pose for photos. Women run up to the car and kiss you. Children run alongside waving small American flags, laughing and screaming with glee.

It’s a grand old parade, and an even more grand feeling as you gaze out among the crowd standing ten-deep, while the announcers sing your praises and mispronounce your name every other block. Sometimes someone will shove a Bloody Mary into your hands. Anything can happen and usually does.

One year the beer truck died at the intersection of Sixth and Orange. Try as I might, I couldn’t crank the engine. People were yelling at us to pull over to the side. Parade officials were screaming at us to get off the street. Then, out of the crowd, an old fellow stepped up and asked if he could give it a try. He spit on his hands, grabbed that apparently familiar old engine crank, and “BAM, POP, WHIRR” … she started right up.

I grabbed his hand and raised it over our heads. As we turned to take our bows, the crowd cheered loudly, never realizing how scared I was at that point. They thought it all rehearsed …

Where will I watch the parade this year? Probably from the comfort of my rocking chair with a hot cup of coffee, the morning newspaper, and a ton of wonderful parade memories.

Happy Fourth Coronado.

Above: Driving the Coronado Brewing Company Model T, “Olive Oyl,” Joe Ditler and his news reporter (KUSI-TV) co-pilot, Mike Castellucci, slow down for a photo in the 2011 parade. (Photographer unknown) - Right: The author sharing the 2008 Coronado July Fourth Parade with his children. (Photo courtesy of Bart Tucker) Below: Historian and reporter Ken Kramer is a veteran of the Coronado Independence Day Parade. He will be riding in this year’s parade once again, as copilot in the century-old Hotel Del Laundry truck. (Photo by Joe Ditler)

FAQ’s For The Fourth Of July In Coronado

When and where does the parade start?

The parade begins at 10 am on Thursday, July 4, at First Street and Orange Avenue, ends at Churchill Place and Ocean Boulevard, and lasts about two hours. The parade travels in the southbound lanes of Orange Avenue.

When does the center median open?

The Orange Avenue median opens at 5 am on Thursday, July 4. There is no camping or staking out. People on the median prior to 5 am will be asked to leave and subject to a citation. Items left unattended on the center median will be removed and taken to the Coronado Public Services building, 101 B Ave., where they can be claimed on Friday, July 5, between 8 am and 2 pm. Items not claimed by 2 pm on July 6th, will be discarded. You may set up on the sidewalk side of Orange Avenue before 5 am; however, you cannot leave items unattended or block public rights-of-way. There also is no loading or unloading of items or passengers while stopped in traffic lanes.

Where is the best place to watch the parade?

The parade can be viewed anywhere along the southbound lanes of Orange Avenue from First Street to Churchill Place. The parade is also broadcast live on the City’s YouTube Channel

What roads are closed during the parade?

Orange Avenue will be closed between First Street and R.H. Dana Place. Vehicle traffic may cross Orange during the parade road closure only at Third and Fourth streets. The 100 and 200 blocks of D, E, F, G, H, I and J avenues will be blocked or have access restricted. First Street between Alameda Boulevard and Orange will be closed, as will Churchill Place and a portion of Isabella Avenue.

When will the Police Department start towing vehicles?

Towing will start at approximately 4 am on July 4th along the parade route and staging areas. Pay attention to posted signs, park legally and your vehicle will not be towed.

What do I do if my car gets towed?

If your vehicle is towed, please contact the Police Department at 619-5227350 or stop by the Police Department’s main lobby, 700 Orange Avenue. A release form ($120) from the Police Department is required to claim your vehicle at the tow facility. The registered owner of the vehicle will need to show the Police Department a valid driver’s license in order to get the release form. There also will be additional fees applied by the tow yard.

FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS

What time do the fireworks start and where can I watch?

The fireworks display over Glorietta Bay will start at 9 pm. The fireworks last about 15 minutes. The Coronado fireworks display is not connected to the Big Bay Boom. That display also begins at 9 pm and is visible from the Coronado Ferry Landing.

Will stingray point be closed during the fireworks show?

Yes, Stingray Point is within a firework safety zone that will be closed to protect those who will be watching the fireworks display from the Golf Course. The Course will be closed to golfing on the Fourth of July so people can set up their viewing spots any time. Spectators may use any available, unfenced spot

on or near the Golf Course for most of the day, however, starting at 6 pm on the Fourth, anyone inside the 700-foot firework safety zone will be required to move. This applies to vessels as well.

The fireworks display will occur at 9 pm over Glorietta Bay but will not begin until the firework safety zone is clear. In preparation, a fence will be installed around the fireworks launch area at Stingray Point beach at about 8 am on Wednesday, July 3, so the fireworks operator can begin preparing for the fireworks display. The City appreciates the support of the community to keep the fireworks display safe for all.

FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES

What activities are kid-friendly?

The Coronado Fourth of July offers several kid-friendly activities throughout the day, and is a great event for families with children. Pre-parade entertainment starts at 7:30 am and includes music, dancing, chalk art, giveaways, and more. Kids will also enjoy the colorful floats, marching bands, and festivities during the parade from 10 am to 12:30 pm. The public kids concert at Spreckels Park begins at 2:30 pm and is designed specifically for children. Additionally, food vendors will be available all day at Spreckels Park, offering a variety of snacks and treats.

What time does the 4th of July Run start? Will there be traffic impacts?

The 4th of July Run begins at 7 am and starts and finishes in Tidelands Park. There will be no road closures for this event but there will be parking and other

minor traffic impacts. This event is hosted by Easy Day Sports. Will there be concerts?

Yes, the Coronado Fourth of July is sponsoring two concerts at Spreckels Park, in addition to the annual 4th of July Patriotic Concert performed by the Coronado Community Band.

A Kids Concert will be held from 2:30 to 3:15 pm, the Coronado Community Band will perform from 4 to 5 pm, and the headliner will perform from 6 to 8:30 pm.

Regular Sunday Promenade Concerts in the Park will be held on Sunday, June 30 and Sunday, July 7.

PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION

Where can I park on the 4th?

Parking is authorized in any marked legal parking spot. Vehicles that are parked illegally are subject to being towed at the owner’s expense. If you see a “No Parking” sign, do not park your vehicle there or you will be subject to being towed or receiving a citation. The parking restriction signs are certified by the Coronado Police Department several times prior to and on the day of the events so moving a sign will not be a valid excuse. Saving parking spaces is not allowed.

Where can I find accessible parking?

ADA accessible parking will be available at the following locations: 7th Street and D Avenue behind Coronado Public Library

Between 7th Street and C Avenue

10th Street and D Avenue

Between 10th Street and C Avenue

RH Dana Place

Public Parking Lot at 1099 1st Street

Where can I park my motorhome/RV/trailer?

Motorhomes can be parked in any legal space they fit into. Oversized vehicles are not required to obtain an oversized vehicle permit from July 3-4; oversized vehicle permits are required prior to July 3 and after July 4. No awnings or slide outs from motorhomes, RVs or trailers will be allowed as they create hazards for other vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians. All trailers must remain attached to vehicles being towed and there is no overnight camping or lodging allowed in the City.

Can I use the Free Summer Shuttle or Circuit Shuttle on the 4th?

Yes, leave your car at home and take the Free Summer Shuttle or Island Express! Public transportation via the Metropolitan Transit System will be provided at the usual bus stops. Routes normally located within the parade route, including the Free Summer Shuttle, will be relocated during the Fourth of July road closures. The routes will be back to regular stops after the parade ends and traffic is reopened to vehicles on Orange Avenue.

The Island Express Shuttle is an on-demand electric shuttle provided by Circuit Transportation. The mini shuttle is free to the community. Six electric five-passenger vehicles will provide service to the Village and two electric 10-passenger vans will serve the Cays on the 4th of July. To schedule a ride, download the app, call, or hail a ride.

How do I catch the shuttle in the Cays?

MTS will provide free bus service on July 4, for Cays residents. Service will operate from 7:30 am to 11 pm in 30-minute intervals from the northeast corner of Coronado Cays and Grande Caribe to the southeast corner of Avenue de las Arenas and Silver Strand Boulevard. Stops will be made upon request at Silver Strand Military Housing on the special July 4 free bus service from the Cays to the Village.

CITY REGULATIONS

nado Fire Department. The Coronado Municipal Code regulates the use and display of fireworks in accordance with the 2016 California Fire Code as amended and adopted by the City of Coronado. This applies to all fireworks; including those known as consumer or safe-and-sane fireworks. This even applies to sparklers. Fireworks found in the possession of individuals will be confiscated. Individuals are subject to citation for violation of the City’s Municipal Code. Can I smoke in Coronado?

The City has prohibited smoking on all public property, and on private property within 25 feet of an enclosed building since 2014.

Is vending allowed in City parks and beaches?

No. The only permitted vending on the 4th of July is the food vendors at Spreckels Park, which is organized by the Coronado Fourth of July Committee and approved by the City.

REPORT A CONCERN

Where do I report issues with public or portable restrooms?

Contact the Public Services Department at 619-522-7380 for matters related to public bathrooms and service, or maintenance issues.

Who do I contact in case of an emergency?

The City reminds the community to keep a watchful eye on their children. Parents of lost children should contact a Police Officer, security staff or call 911. For non-life-threatening emergencies, contact the Police Department at 619-5227350. Remember: See Something, Say Something!

CITY FACILITIES/SILVER STRAND STATE BEACH

Is the Coronado Golf Course going to be closed at any time over the Fourth of July holiday?

The Golf Course will be closed on Thursday, July 4, due to the holiday and fireworks show. The Golf Course will be open with its regular hours on Wednesday, July 3, and on Friday, July 5.

Will any Recreation and Golf Services facilities be open on the Fourth of July?

No, all Recreation facilities, including the Community Center, Pool, Spreckels Center, Boathouse, and Skatepark, will be closed on July 4. The pool will also be closed on July 3.

For detailed hours, please check out the Recreation and Golf Services website

What time does Silver Strand State Beach open on Saturday, July 3 and 4?

Silver Strand State Beach is set to open at approximately 7 am on July 3, and 6 am on July 4, which will allow vehicles to enter about an hour earlier than normal. The State Beach gates will close when the park is full. Vehicles, motorhomes and trailers are not permitted to stop, park or line up along any part of state Route 75 near the entrance or along the roadway at any time

BOATING/ANCHORAGE ZONES

What do I need to know as a boater hoping to watch the fireworks around the bay?

Boaters enjoying the fireworks should be conscious of and avoid anchoring within eelgrass habitats. Eelgrass is an important habitat for juvenile fishes, seabirds, and other animals. It is easily damaged by boat anchors and propellers so please avoid anchoring in eelgrass while enjoying the show.

Are fires or barbecues allowed on the public beach?

Beachgoers can build fires in personal or city-provided fire rings, provided that wood-fueled fires use clean-burning wood.

Are fireworks legal in Coronado?

Fireworks are allowed in Coronado by special permit only from the Coro-

Where can I anchor my boat on the Fourth of July?

The City of Coronado will be setting up two free anchorage areas in Glorietta Bay for July 4. They will be open for mariners to come in and anchor starting the afternoon of July 1. The anchorage areas will be open until the afternoon of July 5. Also, the A-5 Anchorage in Glorietta Bay will be closed from 10 am on July 4 until 6 am on July 5. The U.S. Coast Guard, San Diego Harbor Police and City of Coronado will be regulating these anchorage areas over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

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Coronado Island excels at classic Americana with its feelgood Fourth of July parade and star-spangled fireworks. Treasure the memory of this milestone 75th Anniversary with a patriotic purchase from one of our charming, locally-owned businesses!

REACH FOR THE STARS: Beaded “Roll-On” bracelets at Fair Trade Decor benefit female artisans in Nepal Star-shaped sippers with metallic finish at Coronado Hardware Violette Liqueur, Yahara Bay Vodka and Two Georges Cherry Whiskey at Vom Fass Bandana star ornament, embroidered USA pillow and tea towel (dog + bicycle + flowers = so Coronado!) at Sea La Vie Living

offer wood-free beach fires with eco-friendly propane, luxury seating and guaranteed clean up

SEEING STARS

Marilyn Klisser of Salon On First sparkles at the Hotel del Coronado on the 65th Anniversary of Some Like It Hot

Dress from Pretty Please Star sparkler from Coronado Hardware

Photography by Belinda Jones

RED, WHITE & BLU(E)

Blulite Bonfires

Join our modern day Marilyn on the water.

In the iconic movie Some Like It Hot, currently celebrating its 65th Anniversary, Marilyn Monroe is eager to board faux millionaire Tony Curtis’ yacht Our modern day Marilyn (Marilyn Klisser, owner of Salon On First) prefers to glide through the water on an eco-friendly electric Duffy boat

Our captain is beloved Coronado Surf Academy instructor turned sailor, Teevan McManus. He acknowledges the current troubles with being in the ocean but offers a great alternative being on the the bay The gleaming 22ft boat can accommodate six guests on stylish seating beneath a natty navy and white striped canopy The breeze is gentle and the pace leisurely, prompting contented sighs

Marilyn and Teevan are actually Coronado neighbors and she recently treated husband Brad to a birthday cruise under the bridge, complete with wine and bountiful charcuterie board from Tartine

Today Marilyn enjoys fresh oysters perched at the upstairs bar at Bluewater Grill. To follow, General Manager Derik Morse recommends the Chipotle Swordfish paired with a Pilikia Margarita, and a serrano chile, if you dare!

You really can’t beat this location - it’ll give you 4th of July vibes any day of the year!

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No sea legs? Skate on over to the Del...

Across the road from the Boathouse, you can get your skates on at the Hotel del Coronado’s al fresco Roller Rink, open now until September 2nd. Offering retro fun for all the family, tunes take you back to the 50s and 60s with Mr Sandman and Dirty Dancing’s Cry to Me After dark skating has added allure with with ever-changing colored lights, and cocktails include the turquoise Disco Ball with a ripple of striped sour power candy to take you over the rainbow!

This MARILYN IN CORONADO Special is brought to you by the Coronado Chamber of Commerce, complete with matching Boathouse logo!

Bluewater Grill Coronado at the Boathouse In Some Like It Hot Marilyn runs from the Del to the dock to hop aboard a speedboat

HELLO SAILOR

Coronado’s real-life Marilyn takes a Duffy Boat cruise around Glorietta Bay Marina

Meet Marilyn!

8-10pm on July 6th at Nado Republic

MOVIE LOVERS

Watch Some Like It Hot with your toes in the sand on the Del beach on August 4 and book your tickets for the fabulous Coronado Island Film Festival on November 6-10

Enjoy a magical Marilyn experience on Coronado!

BEAUTY SPOT The team at Marilyn’s Salon On First will give you glam Hollywood hair while Miracles & More have black liquid eyeliner and luxe red lipglosses in Metallic Madonna and Betty Boo

SHOP LIKE A STARLET Every outfit featured is from Pretty Please Boutique! Visit Coronado Vintage for jewelry, Monroe for designer fashion and Est. 1888 for bling for your wine bottles!

DINE OUT Nado Republic has a Marilyn mural inspired by Italian owner Sandro Lattenero growing up around his mother’s paintings of the icon Chink glasses with a red Negroni or the spicy strawberry mule - it has a kick!

I LOVE UKE Marilyn’s character Sugar plays the ukulele with Sweet Sue & her Society Syncopators in the movie. Look out for Coronado Ukulele Club in the Fourth of July Parade, the Gidget Beach Bash on July 12th and at their Annual Luau on on July 21! You can also learn to play at the Coronado Community Center!

Marilyn selfie op at Ice House Museum at Hotel Del

Little People Big Dreams: Marilyn Monroe is an illustrated children’s book available at Est 1888 gift shop at the Del

Did you know Frank Sinatra gifted Marilyn Monroe a white Maltese terrier which she named Maf, short for Mafia?

Summer Reading

Looking for a dreamy beach read?

Bestselling Coronado author Belinda Jones has a time travel romcom set at the Hotel Del featuring an enchanting encounter with Marilyn Monroe during the 1950s sequence! Guaranteed to transport you to Coronado wherever you are!

Bay Books has Tony Curtis’ The Making of Some Like It Hot. Coronado Library has The 50th Anniversary Companion by Laurence Maslonboth filled with fascinating insights!

Cavachon Yogi wears starspangled collar from Wag’n Tails

Marilyn in the tranquil courtyard of Hotel Marisol Ukulele from Todd Little of Discover Coronado

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Albaca At Marriott (619) 435-3000

Amalo Brew 640 Orange Ave. (619) 537-9011

Avenue Liquor & Subs 878 Orange Ave. (619) 435-4668

Babcock & Story Bar At the Hotel Del (619) 435-6611

Balsamico Italian Kitchen 791 Palm Ave., Ste 101 , IB (858) 294-3183

Bay Books Cafe 1007 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0070

Beach & Taco Shack At the Del (619) 522-8100

Better Buzz 1305 Orange Ave (619)866-6896

Bluewater Boathouse 701 Strand Way (619) 435-0155

Brigantine 1333 Orange Ave (619) 435-4166

Burger Lounge 922 Orange Ave. (619) 435-6835

Calypso Café 505 Grand Caribe Isle (619) 423-5144

Central Liquor & Deli 178 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0118

Chez Loma 1132 Loma Ave. (619) 435-0661

Clayton’s Bakery & Bistro 849 Orange Ave (619) 319-5001

Clayton’s Coffee Shop 979 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5425

Clayton’s Mexican Take Out 1107 10th St. (619) 437-8811

Cold Stone Creamery Ferry Landing (619) 437-6919

Coronado Brewing Co. 170 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4452

Coronado Cays Lounge 4000 Coronado Bay Rd. (169) 424-4000

Coronado Coffee Co. Ferry Landing (619) 522-0217

Coronado Tasting Room Ferry Landing (619) 534-5034

Costa Azul Ferry Landing (619) 435-3525

Crown Landing at Loews Bay Resort 4000 Coronado Bay Rd. (619) 424-4444

Crown Bistro 520 Orange Ave. (619) 435-3678

Culinary Kitchen Catering & Events 1019 C Ave. (619) 775-7375

Danny’s Palm Bar & Grill 965 Orange Ave. (619) 435-3171

Doggos Gus 1313 J Street, San Diego (619) 534-9315

Domino’s 1330 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4241

ENO Pizzeria & Wine Bar At Hotel Del (619) 522-8546

Feast and Fareway 2000 Visalia Row (619) 996-3322

Filippis

285 Palm Ave., IB (619) 754-6650

Garage Buona Forchetta 1000 C Ave. (619) 675-0079

Gelato Paradiso 918 Orange Ave. (619) 629-5343

High Tide Bottle Shop & Kitchen 933 Orange Ave. (619) 435-1380

Il Fornaio 1333 1st St. (619) 437-4911

Island Pasta 1202 Orange Ave. (619) 435-4545

Jolie 126 Orange Ave. (619) 704-2467

KFC/Taco Bell 100 B Ave. (619) 435-2055

L'Orangerie

1100 Orange Ave (619) 571-3367

Lil’ Piggy’s BBQ Ferry Landing (619) 522-0217

Little Frenchie 1166 Orange Ave. (619) 313-6003

Lobster West 1033 B Ave. #102 (619) 675-0002

McP’s Irish Pub 1107 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5280

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Miguelito’s 1142 Adella Ave. (619) 437-8578

Miguel’s Cocina 1351 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4237

A place to enjoy good wine, whiskey and tequila, craft beer and charcuterie plates in a bright, friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

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Mootime Creamery 1025 Orange Ave. (619) 435-2422

1201 First Street #101 Ferry Landing

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Parakeet Cafe 1134 Orange Ave. (619) 675-0104

Park Place Liquor & Deli 1000 Park Place (619) 435-0116

Peohe’s Ferry Landing (619) 437-4474

Poké 1•2•3 1009 Orange Ave poke123usa.com

Rosemary Trattoria 120 Orange Ave. (619) 537-0054

Saiko Sushi 116 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0868

Serea at the Del (619) 522-8100

Sheerwater At the Del (619) 435-6611

Swaddee Thai 1001 C Ave. (619) 435-8110

Tartine 1106 1st St. (619) 435-4323

Tavern 1310 Orange Ave. (619) 437-0611

The Henry 1031 Orange Ave. (619) 762-1022

The Islander 1015 Orange Ave. (619) 437-6087

The Little Club 132 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5885

Trident Coffee 942 Orange Ave (619) 522-4905

Local Dining

Nado Gelato Cafe 1017 C Ave. (619) 522-9053

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Nado Republic 1007 C Ave. (619) 996-3271

Nicky Rotten’s Bar & Burger Joint 100 Orange Ave. (619) 537-0280

Night & Day Café 847 Orange Ave. (619) 435-9776

Panera

980 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4288

Siam Imperial Kitchen 226 Palm Ave., IB (619) 621-6650

Silver Strand Exchange At Loews Resort (619) 424-4000

Smokehouse at the Del (619) 435-6611

Spiro’s Greek Café Ferry Landing (619) 435-1225

Stake Chophouse + Bar 1309 Orange Ave. (619) 522-0077

Subway 1330 Orange Ave. (619) 435-8272

Villa Nueva Bakery Cafe 956 Orange Ave. (619) 435-1256

Village Pizzeria Bayside Ferry Landing (619) 437-0650

Village Pizzeria 1206 Orange Ave. (619) 522-0449

Vom Fass Ferry Landing (619) 534-5034

Which Wich 926 Orange Ave. (619) 522-9424

Yummy Sushi 1330 Orange Ave. (619) 435-2771

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Red, white & blue blooms keep the spirit growing

By LESLIE CRAWFORD

The bunting is up, and the flags are flying. Coronado is ready for the Fourth of July.

But you can also show your patriotic spirit by incorporating the red, white and blue into your garden.

Look around your yard. Do you already have plants with red, white or blue flowers? If you have one or two of these colors in your yard, round out your palette with potted plants. The pots can also add to the theme, and you’ll be showing your spirit year-round.

There are a lot of options for planting a red, white and blue garden. For a short-term solution, your local nursery will provide inspiration and plants that are blooming and ready for the holiday.

There are a lot of great options for a variety of red, white and blue colors in common bedding plants. Lobelia, bachelor buttons, rosemary, lavender and dwarf morning glory all bloom in beautiful shades of blue. Shasta daisies, marguerite daisies and coneflowers can be a bold statement with white flowers. Impatiens, verbena, yarrow, geraniums and dahlias bloom in red and white. And varieties of salvia and petunias provide flowers in red, white and blue.

All these plants are easy to grow and readily available. In the spirit of the Fourth, you might even find some namesakes such as Patriot Red geraniums or Silent Patriot irises. If you want to mix it up a little, buy red peppers and grow them in a pot

Learn more about creating a patriotic palette in your garden at coronado365magazine.substack.com.

for a focus plant on your porch or by your door.

For a more subtle year-round look, add silver or gray plants to your garden. They can be a stunning alternative to white flowers, adding a softness to the color palette. Dusty miller, artemisia and lamb’s ear are all readily available and easy to grow.

Succulents can also be found in beautiful silvery colors. Look for silver varieties of cotyledons, crassula, kalanchoes and mangaves.

As always, consider planting with pollinators in mind to bring your garden alive with bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. Yarrow, salvia, coneflowers, rosemary, lavender and salvias will attract these pollinators to your garden.

Geraniums

Shasta daisies

Morning glory

As we bask in the warm embrace of another sunny summer season here in Coronado, it’s also time to revel in the burst of flavors that the berry season brings! During this time, our shelves are adorned with vibrant hues and sweet aromas of blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries, all in abundance. This windfall of berries perfectly matches the colors of the month: red, white, and blue!

Not only are these bountiful berries beautiful to behold, but they also pack a nutritious punch! Summer berries such as those listed above are a reliable source of magnesium, manganese, copper, potassium, folate, and vitamins C, K, and E. Just one cup of strawberries contains over 150% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C and just one cup of blackberries contains a whopping 8 grams of fiber. All of this is achieved while remaining low in calories and high in antioxidants. These berries are some of the healthiest snack options available. They can be eaten on their own or utilized in several dishes, like a summer berry trifle, a crumble, a cake, or a cobbler. They can also be cooked down into sauces, syrups, and jams or simply placed atop a leafy green salad to add that patriotic pop of color. No matter how you enjoy these colorfully juicy delights, you are in for a treat.

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By HATTIE FOOTE

Coronado’s Super Bowl is quickly approaching. Are you prepared? Do you have a plan to secure the perfect parade spot? Do you have your festive URT or Live Nado gear picked out? Is your bike decorated, and are the tires inflated? There is so much to think about while mapping out your day for maximum fun. This is the second year we will be out of town for the Fourth of July; last year, we decided to skip the crowds and headed to Kauai. This year, we are taking it a step further and will be out of the country! Just don’t be alarmed if you see our golf cart cruising down Orange Ave filled with dogs during the parade; we lend it to PAWS every year to support our furry friends!

I must admit I am a little bummed to be missing one of my favorite food days of the year. Give me all the pasta salad, hot dogs, and cold beer. Since I won’t be here to prepare my famous potato salad, I will let you in on my secret recipe. Drive to Trader Joe’s and buy four containers of their exquisite potato salad, combine them all in one big bowl, stick a little flag in there, and voila! Nobody has to know our little secret, but it would be awkward if everyone showed up to the BBQ with the same dish. Maybe order a lemon tarte from Tartine to play it safe! Here is a hot tip we learned at our last parade, the kids were getting really hot and were antsy between floats, so we popped into the Shell gas station on 9th and Orange and discovered an ICEE

machine! We grabbed a couple, and it was the perfect amount of ice and sugar to give them a second wind! Just don’t forget to schedule rest time in between the parade, parties, and fireworks because, as we all know, this day is a marathon, not a sprint!

Speaking of fireworks, locals feel very passionately about the best viewing spots. For many years, we went to the Coronado Yacht Club and watched the Glorietta Bay display. In fact, that’s where we were the infamous year the San Diego Big Bay Boom had a little mishap and fired off all their fireworks at once. The sky lit up like it was daylight, and the loudest boom shook through our bodies, lasting maybe 20 seconds. It was so chaotic, and I

think about the poor soul who was responsible for that mistake yearly. Some people prefer to go to the Ferry Landing to watch the show, while others like to skip out on the crowds and watch from their roofs. More recently, we have started going to` the Coronado Golf course. The kids run around and play baseball, and we lay down blankets and have a slow and stunning end to the day. It’s truly idyllic; I cry every year.

I recently found a bag of disposable cameras that I forgot to develop years ago. I sent them in to get developed and came across photos from the Fourth of July that the kids took. Lots of blurry sparklers and photos of everyone’s knees, but still the sweetest memories. I have been gifting friends and family dispos-

able cameras these days in hopes that they forget about them for a few years and get that same feeling I got when I found them. You can buy them at Target or on Amazon, and I only get my developing done at www.mpix.com. It’s awesome because as soon as they receive the camera, you will get the images sent to your email in a day or two! The Fourth looks so cool on film, and I highly recommend grabbing one! Also, humor my overprotective mom self and grab the glow-inthe-dark bracelets/necklaces for the kids so you can see them at night. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday, and I can’t wait to see all the photos of everyone’s day!

Happy Birthday, America!

Land Of The Free, Home Of The Firecracker

By CHRISTINE JOHNSON

There are certain things you remember when you are growing up in your hometown in the summer. The smell of fresh-cut grass, playing at your friend’s house till sunset, celebrations, and holidays. I look forward to summer each year, knowing I will spend more time with family and friends. I also start the season dreaming of where we will go to get away and explore new places. But is there anywhere better than Coronado?

We are blessed with the best weather in the country, and live in a community that welcomes others and is constantly planning to make the summer days more exciting for locals and visitors alike. Even though I know these opportunities are right outside my doorstep, I still start to plan an escape during the Fourth of July week. But why? Yes, it’s crowded. I may have to plan an early dinner at my favorite restaurant just to get in. And how many times do I have to set my chairs on Orange Avenue at 5:00 a.m. just to see the same old parade? Then I take a step back and truly think about what we have here. Coronado celebrates

Photo by HATTIE FOOTE

the red, white, and blue like no other place on earth. We embrace our military roots and honor those who gave us freedom and the ability to sit in our beach chairs and watch every second of the parade. We have the Midway in our backyard. We have seen some of this country’s greatest heroes live here and pass on always proud to have been here wearing their uniform. Our naval base. Families that cry when their loved ones leave to serve, which become tears of joy when they come home. While we may not all agree about how a country should operate or who should lead, we still stand tall and with pride as the parade marches down Orange.

It is time to dust off the boxes in the garage and bring out the colors of our nation. It is heartwarming to see our island homes turn completely red, white, and blue for this day of independence. It is an honor to live here, to fly the flag, and to embrace those who fought for what we have. Raise a glass with this July Fourth drink or any other as we celebrate a great holiday and the place we call home.

FIRECRACKER COOLER

INGREDIENTS:

• ¼ cup berries

(use your favorite red berries)

• Ice

• 1/3 cup coconut water

• 1 ½ ounces Empress blue gin

• Blackberries and raspberries for garnish

MIXOLOGY:

• Muddle berries in a tall glass

• Add ice

• Add coconut water

• Add Empress gin

• Garnish with berries and a holiday straw

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If asked who he is and what he does, William C. Hiscock would tell you that he is a problem solver. Then, after he says, “Just call me Bill,” he says that he is here on Earth to solve problems and help others. And that is just what Bill has been doing for his 99 very planned and productive years.

Bill was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 13, 1925, to Heber and Elsie Hiscock, a family of carpenters who emigrated from Newfoundland. Young Bill’s first immediate problem to solve was to find a way to make money dur-

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ing the Great Depression. In his teens, he sold newspapers on busy street corners both morning and night because he could not afford to purchase his own paper route. Attending the newest public high school in Detroit, he never had lunch or study hours because he used any free time to take another class. His savings eventually helped him purchase a small lot on a lake, where he built a small cabin just before attending college. He sold that property to help pay for his tuition at the University of Michigan, where he earned his BA and JD degrees in a short five-year span. Bill already knew as a teenager that he wanted to be a lawyer and practice in California in order to solve problems and help people. Before attending college, however, at age 19, he served in the 20th Armored Division in Germany in 1945 and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and the Bronze Star.

In 1950, Bill moved to Los Angeles, where he was a trial lawyer

for 23 years before being lured to Coronado. The move was inspired, in part, after meeting a water ski group at Mt. Shasta Lake and following them to participate in water skiing races on the Bay. Back then, he and his son camped on the shores near where the Coronado Community Center stands today. Father and son resoundingly won the water ski race. Bill’s small size and near-sightedness kept him from most mainstream major

sports, but he was an avid swimmer, skater, water and snow skier, and, ultimately, a Champion lawn bowler.

At age 47, Bill and his wife journeyed across the bridge to Balboa Park one weekend, and a kindly gentleman wearing a white pith helmet ushered them onto the San Diego Lawn Bowling Green. Bill joined the Club that day, purchased lawn bowls, and for twelve consecutive years, bowled in four different U.S. Division Open Tournaments, winning, individually or as a team captain, championships in Singles, Pairs, Triples, and Fours. Meanwhile,

he served as President of the San Diego Lawn Bowling Club in 1984 and as President of the Coronado Lawn Bowling Club (CLBC) from 2006 to 2010.

One day, while over at Balboa Park, a telephone call came in from CLBC because they had a problem to solve. Their Green was being shut down and they had equipment to be given away. It seems that a committee had formed while the bowling green was being used as a laydown construction yard for the library, and the City had decided not to rebuild the Green that had been

there since 1935. Bill said, “Hold on to the equipment; I’ll be right over.” He assessed that this green closure was in violation of a promise made by the City. By then, many of the CLBC members had vanished during the downtime. Relishing a problem needing a solution, Bill jumped feet first into the fray. He went to his exercise class of 30 people and got them all to sign a petition to restore the bowling green. One of these class members then had her entire garden club sign. After well-known Coronadan Joe DelaSalas went door to door, Bill ended up with over 200

signatures, which convinced the City to change its mind. Before they put up the funds, however, they wanted to see if there would really be a Bowling Club, and they said they needed proof of at least 50 members. Undaunted, Bill began signing up folks to pay the $150 annual membership fee.

“The most wonderful thing about Coronado is the people who live here,” Bill says, and it is those people who stepped up to pay dues. When Bill presented to the City Council, he said, “As of today, we have 64 members.” At that very moment, resident Barbara Lolein stepped behind him and handed him another check, and Bill said, “Excuse me, we now have 65 members.” Actually, Bill was a loyal Rotarian, and after a memorable meeting in the Crown Ballroom of the Del where he and another national champion female bowler demonstrated the rolling of bowls down a 90-foot carpeted space between the chairs, is when some of those 65 checks were written. Rotarians today fondly remember and never tire of telling that story!

Bill received recognition from the City of Coronado on a permanent plaque by the Green for his role in its rescue and for working side by side with Parks and Recreation Director Linda Rahn to build a world-class championship-quality artificial lawn bowling green. Bill has also received recognition from his peers in the Southwest Bowls Division as President of the Year in 2011

and recognition from Bowls U.S.A., being inducted into the Bowls U.S.A. Hall of Fame, one of only 95 such honored bowlers from across the United States since 1999.

When the new Green reopened in 2010, Bill decided that the CLBC should make its first appearance in the Coronado 4th of July Parade. Every year since then, he has been featured in the club’s annual parade entry just as he is will be this year, the 75th anniversary celebration of this Coronado tradition.

Bill’s message to his sixteen-year-

old self is what drove him to success, “Set goals for yourself; take action and work hard to accomplish those goals and never stop trying. Be a problem solver and help people.” While the Coronado of today is a bit more congested and noisier than upon his arrival, he still just loves the people here. He has been heard to say, “I only regret I did not start lawn bowling earlier.” Now, he is the gentleman in the white pith helmet who says to everyone he meets, “You should try bowling on the Green.”

Financial Freedom:

Here’s a sobering statistic: 72% of retirees say one of their biggest fears is becoming a burden on their families, according to a study by Edward Jones and the consulting firm Age Wave. If you are near retirement, how can you prepare yourself to become financially free so you won’t have to depend on grown children or other family members?

Here are a few suggestions to consider:

• Keep adding to retirement savings. Today, with a greater awareness of healthy lifestyles, many people are spending two or even three decades in active retirement. To help pay for those years, then, you’ll likely need to build your retirement savings as much as possible. So, while you’re still working, try to contribute as much as you can afford to your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. If you are in the later stages of your career, possibly close to your peak earning power, you may be able to put in sizable sums every year.

A Gift to Your Family

• Choose an appropriate withdrawal rate

While it’s obviously important to build your retirement savings, it’s just as essential to make the money last. Once you retire, you’ll want to establish an appropriate withdrawal rate — that is, the amount you can take out each year from your 401(k) and other investments without running the risk of outliving your money. The amount you can safely withdraw each year will depend on a variety of factors, including your age, your account balances, Social Security benefits, inflation, income tax rates, and spousal income. In any case, selecting a suitable withdrawal rate can help go a long way toward preserving your financial freedom throughout your retirement.

• Think about downsizing. One possible way to boost your savings and add liquidity is to downsize your living arrangements. This may be an attractive option if your children are grown and your current home feels too large. Of course, downsizing is a highly personal decision — if you’ve lived in your home for many years, have fond memories of raising a family in it, and still enjoy the neighborhood, it can certainly be hard to leave. Consequently, you’ll need to weigh these emotional factors against the potential financial benefits of moving into a smaller, less expensive space.

• Prepare for long-term care costs. If you were ever to need some type of long-term care, such as an extended stay in a nursing home, you could face some sizable expenses, most of which may not be covered by Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan. Clearly, you would not want to put your grown children in a position where they might feel the need to step in financially. To help avoid this possibility, you may want to consult with a financial professional about addressing these costs through strategies that may be appropriate for your needs.

These aren’t the only ideas to consider in helping maintain your financial independence and reducing your potential dependence on your family during your retirement years. But taken together, they can give you a good start — so think about putting them to work.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC

Make your red, white & blue celebration green

Coronado’s Fourth of July is the biggest celebration in town! This year, Emerald Keepers is proud to partner with the Coronado Fourth of July Committee to promote the red, white, and blue — and green.

HYDRATE USING WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS

Take your reusable water bottles to the parade, picnics, barbecues and fireworks to keep hydrated and save on waste — especially plastic, which wreaks havoc on our oceans and marine life. City outdoor water bottle filling stations around town are at:

• Orange Avenue on Sixth Street by the tennis courts

• Spreckels Park at the restrooms

• Rotary Park at Orange and Isabella by the fountain

• Central Beach by the restrooms

• Coronado Tennis Center (bike path)

• Glorietta Bay Park

• Mathewson Park (Pomona Park)

• Coronado Community Center

• Coronado City Hall

• Coronado Cays Park

The Fourth of July Committee also will be placing temporary Primo filling stations on the parade route at:

• First and Orange outside of Nicky

Rottens during the parade.

• Churchill Place close to the parade finish.

• Spreckels Park along the Orange Avenue sidewalk by the garden until the water runs out.

KEEP CORONADO BEAUTIFUL

Be sure to pick up after yourself while at the parade, the back-to-back concerts in Spreckels Park throughout the day and into the evening fireworks. If possible, bring along a recycle bag and trash bag and place all food scraps into your green bin at home. With an estimated 120,000 people in Coronado on the Fourth, public bins will fill up. It is up to each of us to help keep Coronado Emerald Green, Ocean Blue.

JULY 5 CLEAN-UP

Join the Coronado Fourth of July Committee and Emerald Keepers bright and early on July 5 to help remove fireworks debris from the golf course. Meet at 6 a.m at the intersection of Glorietta Boulevard and Vista Place. With a big group of volunteers, we should be finished by 8 a.m. Please bring your buckets and pickers, if possible. Emerald Keepers will have supplies on hand, too. If you are a paddler, consider going out early to look for floating debris around Sting Ray Point.

There are 10 public water bottle filling stations around Coronado.

LESLIE CRAWFORD

WE, THE CHILDREN OF CORONADO

, ask all visitors to protect and preserve our beautiful island home and ancestral home of the Kumeyaay people. Please tread lightly, act kindly, and explore mindfully.

Please DO NOT litter, release balloons, take fruit or flowers from gardens, feed wildlife, or smoke in any public spaces.

Coronado is smoke-free.

Please DO support our businesses; bring your own containers, bags and cups; use our recycle and trash bins properly; enjoy our parks and beaches; and leave only footprints.

I pledge to follow the children’s request to protect and preserve Coronado.

Clockwise from top left: One of the three marine skimmers at local yachts clubs cleaning debris out of the bay is named Pink Floyd; Emerald Keepers interns get ready to speak to the Coronado City Council about plastic reduction this spring; the 2024 Earth Friendly Home Front winner; Delta Beach cleanup.

DID YOU KNOW?

Emerald Keepers has been working to make Coronado more sustainable since 2019. The nonprofit has been recognized for its achievements, which include:

• Three marine skimmers in the bay sucking in marine debris 24/7/365.

• Installing air quality monitors around Coronado to track air quality.

• Publishing weekly air and water quality levels.

• Mentoring with high school interns who work on zero-waste initiatives, advocate for single-use plastic reduction in Coronado, compost food waste, host camps for kids, pick fruit to donate to the IB Food Pantry, and have cool trading cards for kids.

• Supporting Coronado High School and Coronado Middle School Emerald Keepers clubs and their gardens, where students learn to compost and grow organic vegetables for the IB Food Pantry.

• Celebrating Earth Friendly Home Fronts with green ribbons in partnership with the Coronado Floral Association’s Homefront Judging.

• Registering local restaurants as Emerald Green, Ocean Blue Sustainable Restaurants.

• Publishing weekly educational pages in the Eagle & Journal.

• Gathering community leaders for annual conferences to explore ways to make Coronado a model city for sustainability.

• Creating free GPS-driven Coronado tours on Voice Map: A walking tour from Stan’s Beach to Dog Beach and a bicycle tour from the historic Boat House to Lowes on the Silver Strand.

• Partnering with National Geographic to have Emerald Keepers and Coronado included in their marine debris app to track plastics and other marine debris on our beaches.

• Hosting beach cleanups, film screenings, speakers, a Fix-It Clinic, and citizen-science events. (Don’t forget to sign up for the July 5 cleanup.)

To learn more about Emerald Keepers and to become a member, go to emeraldkeepers.org.

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The beginning of the American Revolution…

Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride to Lexington and Concord

By KRIS GRANT

We’ve all heard the line, “One if by land and two if by sea.” It marked the beginning of the famous ride of Boston silversmith Paul Revere on April 19, 1775, as recounted some 95 years after the fact by beloved American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Up until the time of the poem’s publication in January 1861 on the cusp of the Civil War, when it appeared in the American Monthly magazine, Revere was just a footnote in American history. Overnight he became an American folk hero.

Revere had been relayed information that the British stationed on ships in Boston Harbor were planning a raid on the town of Lexington, about 11 miles northwest of Boston, where they would arrest revolutionary leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, and continue another six miles to Concord, where they would locate and destroy patriots’ ammunition supplies.

Old North Church, which still operates as an Episcopal Church today, has one of the highest steeples in Boston. On April 18, church sexton (custodian) Robert Newton and Captain John Pulling, one of the church vestrymen (elders) took two lanterns up to the top of the steeple. If they lit one lantern, it meant the British soldiers

would take the longer land route toward Concord; two lanterns meant they would take the shorter sea route.

Two lanterns were lit for just one minute, long enough to alert Revere, but not long enough to call attention from the British. Revere quickly crossed the Charles River where a horse was waiting for him in Charleston.

Off he galloped on his midnight ride to alert patriots that the British regulars (they were not then called Redcoats) were fast approaching. Revere wasn’t the only rider – William Dawes took a land route around Boston neck.

Revere and Dawes were joined by other riders, mostly local farmers including one of my own relatives of seven generations back, Joel Tubbs. Longfellow’s poem, while not historically accurate, captured the momentum of the night and made Revere a composite of many alarm riders.

Over the past two years, I visited Lexington and Concord, as well as Boston’s North End and saw the actual spots where the Revolutionary War began. There’s nothing like seeing the landscape, including stonewalls surrounding farmlands where farmers used some of the earliest guerrilla warfare, to make history come alive.

Old North Church was built in 1723, and was inspired by the works of Christopher Wren, the British architect who was responsible for rebuilding London after the Great Fire. Today, as in Paul Revere’s time, the church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. It is the oldest active church building in Boston and is a National Historic Landmark. Photo by Nikki Stewart, courtesy of Old North Illuminated.

Preamble to the American Revolution: The French and Indian War

The roots of the American Revolution grew out of another war, the French and Indian War of 1756 – 1763.

Great Britain had run up quite a debt during the French and Indian War in the New World. That war pitted the British colonists against French colonists. At the time, British colonists numbered about two million, while the French had a population of only about 60,000 settlers. The French recruited far more Native Americans to fight on their side than the British, in part because the French had converted many Native Americans to Catholicism and many French officers had married Algonquin women. Early battles were fought for control of the Ohio Valley, and a 22-year-old George Washington was chagrined to have lost early matches to the French. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, and although Britain emerged victorious, the effort had nearly doubled the country’s national debt. The British government felt justified in requiring its colonists to repay the homeland for the troops and ammunition it supplied to win the war and began enacting a series of “acts” to raise taxes for that purpose. The colonists disagreed, their voices thundering ever louder over time.

It began with the Sugar Act in 1764, which taxed imports of sugar and molasses. Next came the Stamp Act, which called for a tax on paper, legal documents and even dice and playing cards. Colonists objected, citing “No taxation without representation.” The British relented and repealed the tax on May 19, 1766. But the following year, the British passed the Townshend Acts, which taxed paint, paper, glass, white lead and tea. Aside: I wonder why the British didn’t simply allow a couple of colonists to have seats in Parliament. Mistake. Big mistake.

When the tea act was enacted on May

10, 1773, which allowed the Britishowned East India Company to sell tea from China without paying the same taxes that colonists would normally pay, the colonists had had enough.

On Dec. 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, a grassroots group of civil activists including Paul Revere, disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped an entire shipment of 342 cases of East India tea into Boston Harbor. Another side note: It was around this time that Americans began switching their allegiance to coffee, which Thomas Jefferson later called “the favorite drink of the civilized world.”

Revere was already a trusted courier for the Sons of Liberty, and following the Tea Party, he was dispatched to New York and Philadelphia to tell fellow patriots of the action. Days later,

in Philadelphia, demonstrators refused to unload a tea shipment, sending the ship back to England. Britain was none too pleased and considered the uprising an act of treason. It issued a series of four additional punitive acts, called the Coercive Acts by the British and the Intolerable Acts by the colonists. Now Britain sent hundreds more British troops to America. Boston Harbor was shut down. One of the acts, the Quartering Act, required colonists to provide food, drink, housing, fuel and transportation to British soldiers stationed in their villages.

That fall, the First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia with delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (all except Georgia).

The colonists were prepared to fight for independence.

Paul

Revere portrait by John Singleton Copley, 1768, Oil on Canvas.

Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Lexington: The first battle of the American Revolution

At approximately 1 a.m., Revere rode into Lexington and alerted the colonists that British regulars were on their way. Sam Adams and John Hancock (the same John Hancock whose name would be emblazoned big and bold on the Declaration of Independence the following year) were able to escape to a neighboring town.

By the time the advance guard of 240 British regulars under the command of Lt. Col. Francis Smith arrived in Lexington, 77 militia under the command of Captain John Parker were waiting for them on the Village Green in the center of town.

Although they are often referred to as “Minutemen,” the men who fought in Lexington were not formally trained in weaponry, tactics and military strategies. But they were trained to be ready on a minute’s notice, hence their name. The militia responded immediately in the dead of night to Revere’s alarm, and the statue that stands today on the Battle Green is the Lexington Minuteman Statue.

It was on the Lexington Battle Green that “the first blood was spilt in the dispute with Great Britain.” It is not known who fired the first shot, although the British fired into the air and led a bayonet charge. Eight colonists were killed.

Lexington was a military defeat for the colonists but it was a military disaster for the British. It turned a philosophical discussion about foreign rule into actionable armed resistance. And by the time the slowly moving British forces arrived in Concord, trained Minutemen militias had assembled there.

Today, Lexington’s Visitor Center, opened in 2020, is located right across the street from the Battle Green, a National Historic Landmark.

The center offers several guided tours, including the Battle Green walking tour that I took during a drizzling rain,

On a rainy day in June, tour guide Gerry Marrocco led us on a tour of the Lexington Battle Green and the Old Burying Ground. Photo by Kris Grant.

The Old Burying Ground. Photo by Kris Grant.

which I deemed appropriate, considering the subject matter. Tour guide Gerry Marrocco led us onto the Green, and explained that he was dressed in garb similar to that worn by most militia. The colonists’ militia did not have uniforms. Many were farmers and would wear a tricon hat as open broom during farming for sun protection; they’d button it up when they came to town. Marrocco wore a typical farmer’s harvest sack as the dress that did not have pockets.

Marrocco helped to identify many of the still-standing and quite handsome houses that surrounded the battlefield. One structure was the Jonathan Harrington House. Built during the first half of the 18th century, the house sits prominently at the northern end of Lexington Green. It was the home of Jonathan Harrington, one of the eight militiamen killed in the opening shots of the American Revolution. On that day, less than one hundred yards directly in front of his home, Harrington and seventy-six other militiamen were assembled on the Green where they confronted the British redcoats. A shot was fired and both sides opened fire. Harrington was approximately 30 years of age at the time. It was said that he crawled back to his house and died in his wife’s arms. Today the home is privately owned.

The Marrett and Nathan Munroe House is located on Massachusetts Avenue across from the Battle Green. Built in 1729, the house was home to Marrett Munroe, a local Selectman (City Council member) and husband of Deliverance Parker, sister of the militia’s Captain John Parker.

The Minuteman statue in Lexington was erected in 1900 and was done by local sculptor Henry H. Kitson. It memorializes the Lexington militia and honors the eight colonials who died during the opening battle of the American Revolution. It faces the route of the British advance. Photo by Kris Grant.

The Marrett and Nathan Munroe House faces the Lexington Battle Green.

Photo by Kris Grant.

Marrett’s son Nathan Munroe was a member of the militia who saw action on the green. Nathan’s wife, Elizabeth Harrington, was a sister to Jonathan Harrington.

We also walked over to the nearby cemetery, the Old Burying Ground. Here lie buried many prominent early Lexington settlers, as well as soldiers from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. There is even a British soldier buried here who was injured in the fighting on the Battle Green and died a few days later in Buckman Tavern.

The militia who fell on the Battle Green were originally buried here, but were disinterred and reburied on the Battle Green where a monument marks their graves. The Lexington Minuteman Statue was erected in 1900 and stands at the southeast corner of the Battle Green, facing the route of the British advance.

Capt. Parker was suffering from tuberculosis when he led his men on April 19, 1775; he died five months later. Many believe he is buried in the Old Burying Ground, but no gravestone has been found for him. There are, however,

two memorials to him in the graveyard.

Buckman Tavern was a gathering spot for both locals and travelers and was the site of many important town meetings. Built in 1709 by John Muzzey, the tavern was where Capt. Parker and his militia gathered in the predawn hours of April 19. Today the building has been restored as a museum, operated by the Lexington Historical Society.

Trolley tours and step-on charter tours also leave from the Visitor Center. Inside is a Battle of Lexington diorama and the U.S.S. Lexington Memorial, and a gift shop. The diorama was designed by Major William Francis Buckley who received the Freedom Foundation Award for his work that was exhibited at the World’s Fair in New York in 1964. The town will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington in 2025. Look for lots of special events and reenactments!

The Battle of Lexington diorama inside the Lexington Visitors Center was displayed at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City. Photo by Kris Grant.

Buckman Tavern, circa 1709, was the gathering place for the Lexington militia as they awaited the British regulars. Photo by Kris Grant.

Concord: The shot heard round the world

There’s a bit of rivalry between Lexington and Concord. Just a few miles apart, today the communities grumble about who gets the honor of starting the American Revolution. The Library of Congress settles the dispute by lumping the two together as “The Battles of Lexington and Concord” and “the shot heard round the world.”

I’m giving the nod to Lexington, since the British arrived there first, but today there’s a big monument on the North Bridge in Concord by none other than Daniel Chester French, the famed sculptor who in 1920 designed the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

It seems that much of the Revolution’s opening was chiseled into lore a century after the fact, not only by Longfellow’s poem, but by philosopher and author Ralph Waldo Emerson, a lifelong resident of Concord, and his friend and neighbor, sculptor French. I believe the near dissolution of our country during the Civil War gave pause to Americans to look back and document for the public the amazing feat and intense bravery of early colonists in uniting a country and crafting it on principals of democracy.

Unveiled for the Centennial celebration of the battle on April 19, 1875, French’s seven-foot-tall bronze Minute Man statue was cast from old Civil War cannons by the Ames Foundry of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Inscribed on the front face of the pedestal base is the first stanza of the poem The Concord Hymn by Emerson, which reads:

BY THE RUDE BRIDGE THAT  ARCHED THE FLOOD, THEIR FLAG TO APRIL’S BREEZE UNFURLED, HERE ONCE THE EMBATTLED FARMERS STOOD, AND FIRED THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD.

Here’s what happened on that bridge:

Two hours after Lexington, at about 7 a.m. on April 19, 1775, the British approached Concord, with light infantry leading the way and grenadiers close behind. But the town was waiting for them.

Earlier that morning, around 2 a.m., alarm riders Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott approached Con-

cord but encountered a British patrol; they split up to have a better chance of getting through. Revere was captured, but released shortly after, without his horse, so he was basically out of action. But Prescott made it through. Church bells rang out, waking the town and calling Minutemen to assemble.

The colonists, seeing the nearly half-mile line of British soldiers ap-

The Minute Man statue by Daniel Chester French was cast from old Civil War cannons. Its image is embedded in the logo of the Army National Guard. Photo courtesy of Concord Tourism.

proach, didn’t immediately engage them. The British came into town and began searching houses and buildings for munitions and supplies, including gunpowder and two prized bronze cannons that had been stored on the property of Colonel James Barrett. But due to warnings in the weeks leading up to April 19, the townspeople had moved most of the munitions and supplies to nearby villages. Colonel Barrett’s sons had cleverly hidden those that remained in the surrounding landscape by covering them with pine boughs. The British found only a few munitions, which they burned. The cannons were never found. However, a strong wind blew sparks from one of the fires to nearby buildings, which caught fire. To the militias who had come from all over the countryside, including Concord, Bedford, and Acton, assembled near the North Bridge, the smoke made it appear that the entire town was on fire.

Captain Isaac Davis led of one of the

three companies of the Acton militias in Concord. One of his officers asked, “Will you let them burn the town down?”

The bridge into town, the North Bridge, was held by 96 British soldiers.

Conferring with the other officers present, Colonel Barrett ordered his makeshift battalion to march upon the bridge but not “to fire unless first fired upon.”

Major John Buttrick was assigned to lead the advance.

As the column of over 400 minutemen and militiamen approached the bridge, the British soldiers retreated to the opposite shore and began a scattered fire followed by a heavier discharge.

A young fifer in the colonial column cried out that he was wounded. Buttrick shouted “Fire! For God’s sake, fire!”

Both sides then fired on each other at close range. Davis and Abner Hosmer from Acton were killed instantly. Four more Americans were wounded. Four of the eight British officers at the North Bridge were wounded and at least three

British privates were killed. The battle lasted less than three minutes, but marked the beginning of a massive war.

The Massachusetts’ militias pushed forward at the British troops, now numbering about 1,700 as they marched along the 16-mile-long Bay Road, the only route that led back to Boston. At this point, more than 4,000 colonial militia were stationed along the way, hidden behind trees and the stonewalls that surrounded farmlands. It marked a new tactic in military engagement, guerrilla warfare. Soon the British were in complete disarray, with many soldiers breaking formation, as they ducked and ran to take cover.

After the shot heard round the world was fired, there was no turning back for the colonists. The British found themselves trapped in Boston.

All told, the battles of Lexington and Concord resulted in the loss of approximately 93 Americans and 300 British.

The American Revolution had begun.

A fife and drum corps is featured in Concord’s annual Patriot’s Day Parade held every April 19.

Photo by Kyle Klein, courtesy of Concord Tourism.

Concord’s Literary Heritage

If you’d like to take a break from the American Revolution, you might wish to turn your attention to Concord’s rich literary history.

This is the town where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, where Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote Nature and Self Reliance and where Henry David Thoreau spent a couple of years living at nearby Walden Pond, writing,

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

—Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854)

These writers, led mostly by Emerson, were at the core of the transcendentalist movement, which emphasized individualism and free thought over organized religion and politics. This represented a radical shift for Emerson,

whose father was a pastor, although he died when Emerson was eight. Emerson also became a pastor in 1829 for Boston’s Second Church. But he resigned three years later, as he disagreed with many church practices, including the administration of the Communion service, and misgivings about public prayer.

Emerson once asked Thoreau, “Do you keep a journal?” which prompted the younger writer to begin doing so, which he did for a lifetime. Emerson’s own journals take up 16 large volumes and many literary scholars consider them to be his finest work.

Nathanial Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables) and his wife Sophia spent several years living in Concord. The newlyweds moved to The Old Manse, where Emerson invited Hawthorne into his social circle. Thoreau planted the heirloom vegetable garden as a wedding present for the Hawthornes. But Hawthorne was

almost pathologically shy (as was Sophia) and he stayed silent at most of the gatherings. He did however write several tales, which constituted Mosses from an Old Manse.

They returned to Concord in May 1852 where they lived until July 1853 and then returned in 1860. They bought The Hillside, a home previously inhabited by Amos Bronson Alcott and his family, and renamed it the Wayside.

19th century authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney lived at the Wayside House at 455 Lexington.

Photo courtesy of Concord Tourism.

IF YOU GO…

Meet Boston

The Official Visitors site for the city of Boston has a “See Neighborhoods” section – click on the North End, which includes Old North Church, Paul Revere’s house and a list of great restaurants, mostly Italian, in this popular neighborhood. www.meetboston.com

Tour Lexington

The city guide to Lexington includes walking and trolley tours www.tourlexington.us

Visit Concord

The official visitors guide is produced by the town of Concord, the Greater Merrimack CVB, the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Foundation and the state of Massachusetts. www.visitconcord.org

Recommended Lodging

Boston:

Courtyard Boston Downtown/North Station 107 Beverly Street www.marriott.com

Concord:

Concord’s Colonial Inn

Built in 1716, one of the Inn’s original buildings was used as a storehouse for arms and provisions during the Revolutionary War. Henry David Thoreau resided at the inn from 1835 through 1837. Today, the inn includes 56 guestrooms, the Colonial Inn Restaurant and two taverns. www.concordscolonialinn.com

Concord’s Colonial Inn, photo courtesy of Concord Tourism.

Lexington

The Inn at Hastings Park

The Boston area’s only Relais & Châteaux property, the Inn features stylishly luxurious accommodations that celebrate Lexington’s historic heritage with a contemporary American aesthetic. Its 22 guestrooms and suites are housed within three meticulously restored historic buildings: the Main House, the Isaac Mulliken House, and the Barn. www.innathastingspark.com

Aloft Lexington W Hotels

Contemporary hotel with indoor swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center, restaurant and cocktail lounge. www.room77.com

Attractions/Museums/Tours

Boston

Paul Revere’s House www.paulreverehouse.org

Old North Church www.oldnorth.com

Lexington

Lexington Visitors Center

Make this your first stop. Lexington Battle Green (walking) tours and Liberty Ride Trolley Tours depart from here. www.tourlexington.us

Minuteman Bikeway

The Minuteman Bikeway is one of the most popular and successful rail-trails in the country, enjoyed for both healthy recreation and transportation. In 2008, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy inducted the Minuteman Bikeway into the national Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. The bikeway is collectively managed and maintained by the four communities it passes through: Bedford, Lexington, Arlington, and Cambridge. You do not need a special pass to ride your bike or walk on the bikeway. www.minutemanbikeway.org

Concord

Minute Man National Historical Park

The opening battle of the Revolution is brought to life as visitors explore the battlefields and structures associated with April 19, 1775. See the North Bridge as it was in 1775 and view the Minute Man statue by sculptor Daniel Chester French. There is no fee to visit or park at the site. www.nps.gov

The Old Manse

Concord’s political, literary and social center for over a century, the Georgian clapboard was built for minister William Emerson in 1770; it overlooks North Bridge where the famous battle of the American Revolution took place on April 19, 1775. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathanial Hawthorne and his wife Sophia called the Manse home. Several tours are available; check the website. www.thetrustees.org

Walking Tours

Daily historic walking tours depart at 1 p.m. from 79 Main Street and are on mostly level ground and trace the history of the settlement from its earliest beginning to the 21st century. www.visitconcord.org

Walden Pond

The pond where Henry David Thoreau convened with nature is a small popular swimming pond, surrounded by hiking trails. A replica of Thoreau’s cabin is on the premises. Parking for out of state visitors is expensive; $30 for the day. www.mass.gov

Concord cont.

Concord Museum

View furniture from Thoreau’s cabin, Emerson’s study, and one of the two lanterns that were hung in Old North Church to signal Paul Revere. The museum is next door to the Ralph Waldo Emerson House. www.concordmuseum.org

Cemeteries

Author’s Ridge is one of the most famous spots at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau and Nathanial Hawthorne all buried here. But also interesting are Old Hill Burying Ground and South Burying Ground (in Lexington) where gravesites date to 1677 and include Revolutionary war heroes. www.visitconcord.org

The Wayside House

The Wayside and its families witnessed and influenced both Concord’s and America’s recorded history. In 1775 the Wayside was home to Samuel Whitney, the muster master for Concord’s minutemen and a delegate to the Provincial Congress. In the 19th century famed authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Sidney (Harriet Lothrop) lived here. While not open to tours, you can photograph it at 455 Lexington. www.nps.gov>place>the-wayside-home-of-authors

Boston’s North End

Lucca’s (open till 1 a.m.!) www.luccasboston.com

Mamma Maria www.mammamaria.com

Modern Pastry (open 7 a.m. till 10 p.m. Sunday - Thursday; Friday and Saturday till midnight) www.modernpastry.com

Lexington

Town Meeting Bistro

Located at the Inn at Hastings Park www.theinnathastingspark.com

Concord

Liberty and the Village Forge Tavern

Both the restaurant and tavern are located within Concord’s Colonial Inn. www.concordscolonialinn.com

Concord Tea Cakes

Bakery sweets, sandwiches, coffee & espresso Open 7 a.m. – 5, daily; Sunday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. www.concordteacakes.com

Funny Story

By Emily Henry

Book Corner

WHAT PEOPLE ARE READING THIS MONTH

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?

You Like It Darker

By Stephen King

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-beforepublished, and some of his best EVER.

“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, listeners will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

Swan Song

By Elin Hilderbrand

Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons— how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.

The last of Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling Nantucket novels, SWAN SONG is a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart, featuring the return of some of her most beloved characters, including, most importantly, the beautiful and timeless island of Nantucket itself.

The Situation Room

By George Stephanopoulos with Lisa Dickey

George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room.

No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Created under President Kennedy, the Sit Room has been the epicenter of crisis management for presidents for more than six decades. Time and again, the decisions made within the Sit Room complex affect the lives of every person on this planet. Detailing close calls made and disasters narrowly averted, THE SITUATION ROOM will take listeners through dramatic turning points in a dozen presidential administrations…

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Hug Your Family And Enjoy Your 4th!

There are few moments in our lives that match the thoughtful musings we experi ence during Life’s annual events.

Memorable times which reoccur and are imprinted, coveted and that cause us pause. Kind of bringing us home.

Like every Christmas day, when you comfortably recline, surrounded by fragrances, family and familiar music, as another year has flowed by and here you sit pondering it all.

Well, the 4th of July Parade is one of those moments of perspective for me. And by perspective, I mean, standing on a 6’ high stage, just before the Parade starts and gazing down at one of the most stunning views in this great country: a cascading summer riot of red, white and blues, kids bursting and bubbling and glowing patriotism everywhere! I am not an emotional guy, but as we say in Hawaii: ‘Chicken Skin!’.

38 years ago my wife was writing a weekly humor column in newspaper called “Over Easy”. In that capacity her head was above the ‘don’t bother me’ ho rizon which made her a target for civic volunteering. She was asked to be one of five announcers for the 4th of July Parade and that we did and this we continue to do to this day.

This began a lifelong endeavor to support Coronado and to grow just one element of this amazing event which now proudly features 13 announcer stations with full blown sound systems and music.

And it is on this stage where she and I take a moment every year to look across and ponder the magic of this day and the bursting patriotism that cannot be ignored or subdued.

We have one of the preeminent MC stages, in front of the library, where Mr. Al Laing announced for 40 years. When Al passed we inherited his location and all 100 of his older patrons; (one of whom tried to get me removed for blasting Jimmy Buffett’s’ “Good times and riches, and Son of a B…..” over the sound system (my, how times have changed in that regard.)

Speaking of how times have changed, this year is the 75th anniversary of the Parade and what my wife and I have witnessed are many changes, but still the core experience remains what it has always been…pure Americana.

Our ‘little ones,’ who sat on the curb are now grown adults and their kids are sitting on the curb; flags in hand and chalk ready to render the horse ‘poop circles’ that busy them so successfully.

We’ve watched entries that have been with the parade for decades: clowns, the O.B. tequila drinking Gidget Surf Patrol, equestrians falling off horses, Military fly-overs (more equestrians falling off horses), Navy Seals in the parade and Navy Seals absent from the parade (let that sink in) and every form of American pride that is possible in this great country.

I am actually blessed to have an ancestor from the American Revolution (SAR) and I think of Cornelias each time the flag goes by. And each time I realize how many gave their lives to create this country and the courage it must have taken to leave the farm and family, pick up a rifle and go fight for freedom.

Today is a blessing and tomorrow has no guarantees. Hug your family and enjoy your 4th

We love to see all those smiling faces outside our office during the parade! If you’re not thrilled with your smile, give us a call OR follow the QR code to let us know through our new virtual consult platform